9—1850.] 
THE AGRICULTURAL GAZETTE. 
On the other hand, guano adulterated with 40 per cent. 
of yellow clay, was in no pn cts distinguishable by its 
rom 
colour e pure article. On ble were speci- 
mens purposely mixed with 10, 20, fisa 40, and 50 per 
cent. of white sand. This ss falsi ion, an 
yet he thought that gentlemen in chat room would have 
a great difficulty to distinguish be any one of them 
containing less than 30 per cent. of sand and the p 
guano lying ide t a 
not hastily be deprived of their rightful advantages, 
there were some black sheep amongst them. 
n the motion of the Rev. James ae seconded b 
pathy for his — in lecturing 
Colonel Challoner, na 
fe ecasion. 
© er W 5 — Mr. — , M.P., Mr. Parkins, 
2 the meeti n 
54 i 
. with t * and Mr. Barugh 
Almack s suggested hat an authorised list should be pub- 
lished of those who Dra ver been known to 
INDIAN Corn A Constant 3 np rocure A 
— entitled Facts for He will * era 
profitable — — = the plant e in our climate. 
ITALIAN RYE- e cannot say whether, if 
merae now, tt would i — nything like — 
the scythe by Midsummer; et it a, .-.2, no doubt, be ready 
for soiling in autumn, anà p seed time 
next year. If you s — two 
bushels in the ead br April or 
1 and hoe it in, you will 
E plant Tou April; 2 Ibs. 3 
u foe aka, lant in 
t t 5 c 5 of ansplaat inches tm u rows ; * 
plants wil pe All aa ting in J 
Should be peepered:ee — 8 une. The land 
L 
beginning of May am 
w. 
accident it became slightly damp, the sme tly offer ro Pauly cae for sa parka 3 —— or 55 hon fied ve hae ed 
increased. The driest and the best, would therefore fre- 7 bast, in ry Paso Feed s on it during Saan, and 
quently have the least odour. s of al cti Aebitw. apply coe in autumn. Turnip chaft, and iloake 
ts that of specific weight e best. Adultera- ee r e ation Scheme: or the hens gi Jest E 3 cg; 3 
tion was happily at present practised with substances ld for Investment. y Jam „ Farmer, and 4 Ibs. of oilcake a day; or probably 20 Ibs. x of chal 
heavier n guano, and therefore a great weight Baldocn. Blackw wod eee, ae 1 of * e * day. 15 In 1 both — — 
mpared with equal bulk was a suspicious circum- | Mr. Carry spent the of last autumn in ek, anco of) S87 
aa a great many weighings e under the | examining the miir rga of Irish pay and Irish cultiva- 5 pectvely pes 55 spite — OE 
directions of the F gc he was ee. to say -n the a in the west. The idea and prosecution of this pea 12 More straw is used as fodder in 
average weight of a bushel of good Peruvian guano was investigation 1 entirely r 8 he obtained indeed | _ the former o 
about e ee on these trials was, — che ee f Sir Robert Peel's commissioner, by — ED. Ta comp ey — —j 1 oe 
somewhat great—a bushel sometimes weighing as much | newspaper — But he seiner d, nor did 10 Tbe. of = per acre. You had better not attempt to grow 
as 73 lbs., at ot a not fen than 611 m- | he profess any claim to the title. This ination of | Barley to 
stance due to the lumpy and unequal character of guano, | estates in the counties of Mayo, Galway, , Limerick, Manpen : Af. ae — 3 of our readers, acquainted with the 
and to different methods sapiy d by various persons | Ke and Cork, was undertaken originally for his o MALTING: X YZ, Whati y Bi the best book on this subject ? 
in experiment. ushel of guano adulterated — and the tour pr 0 ing and in- Mossy PASTURE : 8 lime with brine, and spread it 
with 40 per cent. of any of the substances he had before | structive to himself, that it was thought its publication Ped the gee? teid —.— rate € of 90 or 60 bu 60 bushels per acre. 
named, wou however, * exceed the above might in some degree supply the mee inform * — eke well — clay loam — — 5 Ibs of seed 
weights, although aons — not s ye —. 3 — oe in which o “gee = kg prera sie er a They should be sown now—they ought to ha 
Bom there this We ogre been sown before this. Carrots may be sown similarly in all 
method of Judging, although “eventually he aye : * any a * ots i though + e shall ea Aer tae visas ave dat pod ol canine 
ould not se me simple experi- | publish ee, ts fro It must T od abou 18 . apart. ; 
8 
2 
when 
hot shovel till the — 2 — eof, t the ash — 
wn : these latter 
in muriatie acid, 
leav p litte ——— u 
As ter plan was 8 burn 100 grains of the 
weight of f parega nitre, a 
to di 
sample 3 twice its w and 
the had ceased issolve the 
— for the pres eat: o. — that it i is a —＋ 
tending detail of what was as seen by an intelligent pra ‘ction! 
farmer, who b Lord Lieutenant, 
from e 
and that it will no doubt be read with interest by a 
who may propose investing English capital in Irish boil. 
cella 
Atomic Character of the Food Manufacture, 25145 is 
not mere i parais th 
8 
material wee 0 which the ine ce is made, 
Those very atoms of nitrogen and of phosphorus you are 
adding in gua very particles a 
soda you are detaching from impracticable positions in 
the soil b; influences whic age has brought to 
upon them—those v of carbon which 
plants, vigorous owing to more thorough ie 
tion, are extracting from the air in the h 
i come to an ultimate 
lood 
tion by the aid of chemistry. Th e numbers of 
hemi throughout the country e competent to 
decide in these cases, f. who purchas úd 
largely 
of guano without having dee to the unerring 
mself if h 
. . — of analysis, was hi artly to blame i 
lost his erops and is money. The Council of 
Society e arrangements by which the cost 
of analy of all sorts to its 
considerably reduce f they should be able to 
on his part to co- 3 in any way that 
his professional assistance mi useful, 
Lastly, ay would nati to ‘the P 
ractical resul 
more general employment sén 
sis in ie case of fan pm Could the farmer re 
ted o? or, could he recover 
from the ane —— for loss of mon 
stions. 
F 
case, but he could 
of the 
cargo ru brins guano reaching E 
— . proper authen a not “by per- 
ir empoy, but by independent witnesses 
peoducibis i 11 a court of law, ese 
should be 3 for the establishme: 
his 
n very su 
tora Society’s Journa 
ey and loss of | have 
He did not than 
fattening an various additions you make to 
pe soil, the e ety 3 z yo et from it, may indeed 
said to d p ce of 3 
he 
apren the weg of which h they 
— d material. English A 
re 
aH 
teams are engaged harro 
ave do o years past. 
threshing and cleaning Wheat, turning mixens, digging 3 
and 3 &e. J. J. B. [Can * give us a comparison of ox 
d horse labo p 
Notices to Correspondents, 
So IN spere — a ee = * Prevention is better rane 
ot ther ‘ault in the mashin; Except in v 
cold weather, 7 — water aboa not remain on the mait, for the 
firs’ gos. han half-an-h i Rati =i 85 — o = 
time. ee pap Sail be turned pi 
warm yr 12 ib. of Hops 3 A need to sbi 3 
of malt, exclusive K pega are l anka to the barrel ; 2 lbs, 
Let air circulate 
pke the — is working. Try this 
to reduce the time daring 
is Clover plant, you may to 
perennial be gone harrow in, an ent 
ward ; s to manures, ‘aide teal x60 superphosphate o of 
— for —— guano and sulpha ate of ammonia for — 
and Abe Ba ‘the rate of about 3 ewt. per acre, are mos 
likely to a: E 
Damy — : Dairy Me id. One pound of butter ielded 
ty from 9 to 19 quarts of milk, according to the tweak of the 
animal. 
Constant Reader, Next week. Manningtree 
tion, an 
the jinks “Of f legal abe; wou. appear he con to 
as a person un n the law) to be complete. 
Before he sat dow ished to say that in 
ay w 
attacking the unprin cipled dealers, he would distinctly 
ex] conviction, that there were very many 
honest and upright from w guano could be 
pu d, and it was hard that the just should suffer 
lor the unjust. ers had in great 
The deal measure 
ueed this valuable manure into use, and should 
ae za 
aree IN Pigs: 
— Wueat: F G. You had better ieee to Mr. Wilkins ; 
may possibly have a little — spare. 
Hanp DIBBLE : Minimus. See advertisemen 
About wire fences we cannot 1 5 . Perhaps the pepe’ 
tisers on that sub: a would inform 
* 
re. | P 
Si ir Robert ‘Peel, and others, enjoyed opportunities of fx 
The late Mr. N published a work 
ere is a shilling volume by Richardson 
ened —— week. 
ry that we should know 
most ka hes — | = yonr neighbourhood. 
— a a good — 4 — Baga produc 
tll S on on the culture 
„ Gana — of our readers state their ex- 
“rege 
wares 
— > oa ad 
WoRCESTER 
pper Wellin nar pte Cove 
yet received a from Mr. Oldact, 
dina his attention | to the inguiry, and no 
doubt the information will be immediately furnishe d, 
SOCIETY: Some 
no made use of Dy Mr. Oldecre, 2 rey Ome 
ent-garden. If 
arkets. 
COVENT GARDEN, M 
egetables are 9 pane many 9 a 
s, with the 
scarce. 
Amon egetables, Turnips and 
there is = W 
some fine Cornwall 
. s Tio: eath 
Bignonia venusta; Primulas, 6 cums, en Christmas 
Azaleas, Lilaes, Lily of 
oses. aa 
Boria; f the E Epacrises, Acacias, 
an 
l Ib., 63 to FRUITS. 
Pine-apples, per Ib., 63 8 nds, per peck, 6s 
Gra par, Recon wep: Bod tols — sweet, per lb., 2s to 38 
Pears, per doz Walnuts, p. 100, 1s éd to 28 
Appiespkitchonyp. t bah., 48 to 6s Barer een 
Lemons, per doz., 1s Nats, ar., P. ‘bush. 208 to 22s 
„68 70 125 P. bsh., 
Oranges, per ‘doz., 094 to ls 6d Kent 1 65s to 750. 100 Ibs 
per 100, 5s ‘to 128 
VEGETABLES. 
French Beans, per 100, 3s to 5s | Carrots, per bun., 4dto 6d 
Seakale, per punnet, Is to2s anaes p. sieve, 25 to 38 
Asparagus, p. bund., ls 6d to 6s ons, p. bushel, 2s 28 38 6d 
hubarb, p. bundle, 6d to 1 — anish, p. doz., Is 6d to 48 
pate per doz., 6d to 9d Shallots, per Ib., 4d to 8d 
„ P. doz., 1s to Garlic, per Ib., 4d to 8d 
. p. dot. buudl „Ss to 128 Cab., p. se., 4d to 9d 
7 — Per doz., 2s to Endive, per score, 1s 6d to 4s 
n p. hf. sieve, | Mus p. pot., 9d to 18 3d 
2 Salads, per punnet, 2d 
ondore p. — 3 1s to 28 
Potatoes, per ton, 60s to 1208 FE a p. 12 bun., 6d to 9d 
— per e „ 38 Fennel, per bunch, 2d to 3a 
— per er bush., 2s A to 3s 6d | Savory, per bunch, 2d 
Turnips, p.doz,bun.,ls6dto2séd | Thyme, per bunch, 2d to 3 
Red Beet, per doz, 9d to Is „ P. doz. bun., 28 to 33 
Horse p. i ao — R bdle., 9d to 1s 
a Haak greet bP eee vanch, 94 tot 
K ‘bunch, 1d to 1 f D, per : o IS 
eae et Taa Corn Salad,p, hf, sieve, 9d to 1s 
Celery, p. bundle, 8d to Is 3d 
ATOES.—Soutuwakk, Feb, 25 
POT 
The Committee report that there have been many arrivals 
this wee co. ise and Continental, and a large supply 
by with mild w 5 to lower prices 
in nearly every description of Potato. The following are this 
day’s quotations :—Y ts, 80s. to 110s. per ton; 
Wisbeach do., 70s. to 90s.; Scotch do., 703, to 80s.; Scotch 
cups, 65s, to 75s. ; French whites, 70s, to 80s.; Belgian do., 70s, 
758.5 r 
PS. -F Rar, M: * i 
„ N and Smits report that the market con- 
e paie ir same, but if there is . pnd there is a 
better demand for — — gg expect as the spring ad- 
vances the d 
„ Load of 36 Trusses. 
ELD, Feb. 28, 
| Prime Meadow Hay M a | New Clover «oe oe 60s to 845 
Inferior ... ss» 50 lover oo tee — 
Rowen :a 0 4 | Stra a — 
New Ha A — — Ci 
. 1 Feb. 28. 
Prime Hay 68s to 74s Inferior . .. 588 to 70s 
Inferior ditto... 50 Ne 83 „ am 
New Hay... — | a oe a O oe 
Old Clover. T 8 Bakes. 
WHITECHAPEL, Feb. 28, 
Fine Old Hay .. 638 to 68s New Clover. . s to —8 
Inferior ditto . 50 55 | Inferior ditto... ... 55 63. 
New Hax — — „„ 1 28 
| Old Clover 80 85 
